Building contractor.
Born at Hrisey, Iceland on 16 June 1861, he came to Canada in 1888 and worked as a building contractor in Winnipeg. He was married twice, first on 1 June 1890 to Jonina Gudron Ericksdottir (1866-1941) with whom he had six sons, all born in Manitoba: Eirikur “Erick” Jorundson (1891-1938), Sigtryggur Jorundson (1893-?), Jorundur Jorundson (1895-?), Ingi Gunnar Jorundson (1898-?), Thorhallur “Hallie” Jorundson (1900-?), and Julis Jens Jorundson (1906-1979). On 1 January 1944, he married widow Jona Gislason (?-1956). He died at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital on 5 March 1952 and was buried with his first wife in the Brookside Cemetery.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
405 Qu'Appelle Street, Winnipeg
1908
Demolished (?)
489 Furby Street, Winnnipeg
1911
Demolished (2017)
516 Maryland Street, Winnipeg
1912
Demolished (?)
Marriage registration [Lock Jorundson, Yonina Eriksdotter], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Library and Archives Canada.
Death registration [Jonina Gudron Jorundson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Jonina Gudron Jorundson], Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1941, page 14.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 7 March 1952, page 24.
Obituary, Logberg-Heimskringla, 12 March 1952, page 2.
Obituary [Jona Jorundson], Winnipeg Tribune, 8 February 1956, page 13.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 7.
Obituary [Julius Jens Jorundson], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 January 1979, page 50.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 June 2022
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